tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post385339725414038602..comments2024-03-27T18:28:32.102-07:00Comments on Rose City Reader: Review of the Day: Uncle Tom's CabinGilion at Rose City Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18080293172467000794noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-6803848692917640002011-08-09T17:22:34.411-07:002011-08-09T17:22:34.411-07:00This book was truly a page-turner for me. Glad yo...This book was truly a page-turner for me. Glad you liked it!Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18408471966661831444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-67949811587218987382011-08-08T07:39:26.383-07:002011-08-08T07:39:26.383-07:00I've not yet read this classic, either. I have...I've not yet read this classic, either. I have a copy, it's just a matter of actually cracking it open. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.Julie @ Read Handedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14276118610042594397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-70764029983203804412011-08-07T17:02:35.031-07:002011-08-07T17:02:35.031-07:00I only read this one a year or two ago, so I was l...I only read this one a year or two ago, so I was late to the game too. I found it so much more readable than I expected!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-13859397881698397012011-08-07T11:51:36.097-07:002011-08-07T11:51:36.097-07:00I've never read this either (How could I have ...I've never read this either (How could I have missed it?) but your review just prompted me to get the Kindle version (free) to read on my BRAND-NEW Kindle (I'm just so excited to have it since I won it!)ANYWAY - thanks for your great review.Debbie Rodgershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15630059470408161434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-87731146262418637572011-08-07T07:23:17.020-07:002011-08-07T07:23:17.020-07:00When I was young I owned an illustrated version of...When I was young I owned an illustrated version of Uncle Tom's Cabin. If you think the text is racist, you should have seen the drawings in that book. The hair, the round eyes, the shape - all stereotypical. But I got the point anyway. After all, Illinois was still quite a racist state when I was growing up in the 40s and 50s, so I was used to the stereotype, but the book showed me Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04179027379034179865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-64941335289872720152011-08-07T05:08:29.817-07:002011-08-07T05:08:29.817-07:00I've never read this book either and find it i...I've never read this book either and find it interesting that Stowe found Northerners hypocritical.bermudaonionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-25810827033149427992011-08-06T16:21:29.690-07:002011-08-06T16:21:29.690-07:00Yes, you can definitely get the cringe factor with...Yes, you can definitely get the cringe factor with books like this - I read A Passage to India recently and cringed at the colonial atttitudes towards the Indians.<br /><br />I've not read Uncle Tom's Cabin because I thought it would be very dry. So thanks for the review :)Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.com